Participation

Waldemar Seiler

German family background with a history of several generations in and around Łódź. Orphaned at the beginning of the war. His wife was a child of a so-called mixed marriage ("Mischehe") with a German father and a Polish mother. Eugenia died early 2010.

Waldemar Seiler, in front of the house where he was born in 1933. This western district of Łódź was predominantely German and Polish before the war - characterized by middleclass people, many of them craftsmen.

*Film excerpts of the meeting (ca. 6 min/part 1) with students and lecturers (in Polish language, with German subtitles). Part 2 to be published soon.